subject: Maria Sharapova Advances Confirms Wedding Plans Off [print this page] After bulldozing NCAA finalist Mallory Burdette 6-1, 6-1 Friday on Arthur Ashe Stadium, the No. 3 seed from Russia confirmed speculation lighting up the Twittersphere that she had broken off her engagement to ex-Los Angeles Lakers forward Sasha Vujacic cheap bridesmaid dresses.
"I was waiting for someone to actually ask me that question, but nobody did directly," the 25-year-old said in response to a reporter's question.
She added: "I have never really been the person to announce things. I never announced when we were together or never announced that we were engaged. I never have in any of my previous relationships, as well."
Her separation from Vujacic was no secret to other women on tour.
"A lot of players already noticed he didn't show up at any tournaments this year, especially the European tournaments, and you don't see the ring so much on her hand cheap prom dresses 2012," said fourth-round opponent Nadia Petrova of Russia, who beat Czech Lucie Safarova 6-4, 7-5, also Friday. "It's kind of been obvious."
2006 U.S. Open champion Sharapova said the breakup with Vujacic, now playing professionally in Turkey, occurred at the end of spring. She called it a "challenging decision from both of our ends," but it hasn't had much impact on her tennis.
The four-time Grand Slam winner has had her best season since coming back from shoulder surgery in 2009.
In June, she completed a career Grand Slam by winning the French Open and briefly retook the No. 1 ranking. The following month she picked up a singles silver medal at the London Olympics.
Off the court, the woman ranked by Forbes magazine as the highest-earning female athlete (2011 figure: $27.9 million) has been busy launching her new candy line, Sugarpova, which debuted Aug. 20.
Sharapova came down with a stomach virus after Wimbledon, which prevented her from playing any hard court tune-up events before the U.S. Open. She last played on cement at the Sony Ericsson Open in March.
But lack of match play so far has been the right recipe: Sharapova has dropped just eight games in her first three matches, the fewest in her career here, including her title run in 2006.
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